Oh My Un-named god! The original post for this story may have been the 5,000th (maybe), yay- but wow, so many to read.
Chapter 2
And there, the girl sat a spitting image of Elphaba- minus the green. How did she not notice?
It right at that moment struck Glinda. That's why her attitude and her exotic beauty had been so familiar… so Elphaba, minus the green… But could it be true? Her friend, alive, and has a child?
Glinda was brave and ventured a bit further with this girl.
"Your father's name is Fiyero?" But it was hardly a question, Glinda knew the answer.
Carissa looked stunned for a moment but then opened her mouth to answer, "Yes, yes it is- how did you know?"
Glinda smiled calmly, "I knew your parents in college, now, go get washed up and I'll lay out some clothing for you."
The warm water felt good on Carissa's back, different from what'd she'd experienced over the past few days. She shivered at the memory despite the warmth of the water around her.
Carissa was lying in her bed, in a hotel at the edge of the Emerald City, reading a book about the history of Animals. She heard a crash from her parent's bed room and quickly scampered out of bed. The masked men were standing before her, but with their backs to her, clutching her mother and her father was slumped down on his knees. "Oh Elphaba, you think even with your husband fixed up and your skin… now normal would help you hide?" The taller man sneered cruelly. The people's mask were silver and were attached to goggles that glowed green like night vision goggles, they were cloaked and armed with clubs and spears. Elphaba saw Carissa there, her eyes widened and screamed to her, "Carissa, run!" Then the men turned to face her. The tallest reaching to grab her, Carissa quickly sprinted out the door once she realized what had happened… down the road and went under a fence, and stayed in shelter of an oak tree in a massive garden. Hiding from the rain and the once who took her parents. Finally she blacked out, fatigue and the scenes from earlier but her to sleep, only to wake up to the man who took her to Glinda.
Carissa stepped out of the shower wrapped in a blue and white towel, to find a simple black dress lying on the bed, her favorite type. While she was changing she considered telling Glinda the story, but she wasn't sure. Glinda was nice, but she simply wasn't sure about her yet, even though she'd known her parents once. Carissa was 13; she could take care of herself now.
When Carissa went downstairs, she found Glinda and the guard waiting for her, the guard made her very uneasy, besides the fast he always glared at her. But Glinda dismissed him sensing Carissa's shift and smiled at her and motioned to her to come with her.
"How do you feel?" Glinda asked as they walked through the garden,
Carissa thought for a moment, "Better, thank you Lady Glinda, have been very kind." Glinda sat down on a stone bench and patted the spot next to her.
"Good, do you know who the Wicked Witch of the West is?" Glinda asked her carefully.
"Yes," Glinda sighed in relief, but then Carissa continued more then she had wanted her to, more like wanted to hear, "the wicked woman Dorothy killed with a bucket of water, and with whose death we celebrate every year."
Glinda bit her lip. Okaaaaaay, not what I expected. "Carissa, you have to understand…" and Glinda told her the story of her mother Elphaba and Fiyero.
Yay, this chapter is mostly so you know how Carissa got there (: hope you enjoyed.
Elphie your WWW